ACHE — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C05F2100 (ACHE) on asparagus chromosome 5 encodes an alpha-L-fucosidase protein belonging to the SGNH_plant_lipase-like and GDSL families. The gene product is annotated with carboxylic ester hydrolase, lipase, esterase, sinapine esterase, acetylajmaline esterase, serine O-acyltransferase, acyltransferase, and glycosidase activities, and with IgE binding. ACHE is associated with cognition, memory, acetylcholine breakdown, lipolysis, lipid metabolism, alkaloid metabolism, isoprenoid anabolism, ER organisation, nodulation, response to wounding, and defense response. It is linked to the symbiosome and extracellular localisation, and to the related gene ENOD8. Related genes in other species link the family to defense and lipid metabolism.